Fight against Algonquin pipeline expansion reaches 11th hour

A meme posted to the Facebook page of a local activist group shows Homer Simpson with his hands to his head and his eyes wide as he looks down at the controls of a nuclear power plant. “D’oh!” the meme says up top. Below, it continues, “Indian Point & Spectra AIM Project — What could go wrong.”

Members of the group Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion, or SAPE, are continuing their push to stop the expansion of a natural gas pipeline that runs through the region despite lopsided odds and a clock ticking down to federal approval that may reach its end as soon as this month.